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Droboshare, Network Attached Companion

Technically, Droboshare falls outside the scope of what we consider a NAS device, an integrated box with at least one hard disk and an Ethernet connection so you can share the device on a network. Nevertheless, the Drobo deserves mention. This USB direct-attached storage appliance, Droboshare, provides a four-bay enclosure for adding your own drives to the unit. The Drobo uses data virtualization in lieu of RAID to provide data redundancy over multiple drives, as well as to monitor driv...

The State Of Solid-State

With the prices of traditional hard drives continuing to drop faster than a lead balloon, manufacturers are seeking technologies that not only can surpass those drives in performance and flexibility, but that can also deliver a higher financial return. On both counts, the SSD, or solidstate drive, appears to be the technology of choice. In December, Intel unveiled its Z-P140 PATA (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment) SSD line of tiny drives with relatively tiny (2GB and 4GB) capacities. A...

Online storage

Online storage can be an ilow cost option for those people who are running small and medium businesses. Online storage, sometimes also known as offsite storage, involves paying a monthly or yearly fee to a web-based backup service provider who allows you to save and retrieve your data over the Internet. This type of service can be a good alternative to your existing backup solution, which allowing you to backup important files and store them to a secure, offsite location. Protected from...